Sabba Keynejad

2015: Left the first job right after college. 2016: Failed as a YouTuber. 2016: Failed as a freelancer. 2018: Launched the MVP of VEED. 2018: Went broke. Sold all crypto. 2019: Applied to YC. Rejected. 2019: Applied to YC. Rejected. Again. 2019: Thrown out of office space. 2019: Found first paying customer. 2021: Bootstrapped to $5M ARR. 2022: Raised money from Sequoia Capital. 2025: 10M+ monthly users. And we’re still just getting started. Still so much more to learn. As they say... You overestimate what you can do in a day and underestimate what you can do in a year.

@MarieMartens @charlierward So good! Leant so much from you 🙏

This was a fun one. Thanks for having me @sab8a and @charlierward 🫶

Some amazing companies we talked about: At 03:53 - How @NotionHQ inspired @TallyForms At 15:09 - How @ProductHunt helps in first 100 users At 22:01 - Why @Reddit and @Quora matter for AI SEO At 32:33 - Why @YouTube is an underated growth channel At 40:36 - How @OpenAI & @AnthropicAI have changed products forever

This is @MarieMartens She built a $5M ARR company By giving her product away for free... – Did it 100% bootstrapped – Turned AI search into a growth channel – Built a big brand from a free product – Competed against VC-backed giants Full ep → shorturl.at/GQ4tT

@saichand @piodubro @charlierward You could be our 406th subscriber 🙏 @napkinmathfm?si=bwchXiNkprfd4yZ7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@napkinmathfm?…

@piodubro @charlierward @sab8a been meaning to check out napkin math, their takes on AI stuff always seem solid syntax is my go-to for web dev deep dives - that sick picks segment hits different

I've been listening to podcasts for years. Here are some of my favorites loosely focused on indie making, tech and entrepreneurship: (no particular order) 🎙️ Napkin Math - @charlierward (Ramen Club) & @sab8a (VEED) dive into startups, AI, tech trends and business strategies. Very enjoyable with great insights and lots of interesting tips and observations for both new and experienced founders. 🎙️ The Panel - @CasJam (Builder Methods), @JordanGal (Rosie AI) & Justin Jackson (Transistor FM), three veteran founders tackling pricing, product strategy, work-life balance. No guru talk, just down-to-earth conversations from guys that have been doing it for years. 🎙️ Syntax - @wesbos & @stolinski, full stack web developers go deep on web development, CSS, JavaScript, frameworks, TypeScript, tech trends and working with AI. Love their Sick Picks segment. 🎙️ Startup For the Rest of Us - @robwalling brings nearly two decades of experience starting, growing, mentoring and writing about startups. You also learn a lot from his guests and Rob's answers to his listeners' questions. 🎙️ The Bootstrapped Founder - @arvidkahl (Podscan FM) covers bootstrapping businesses, building an audience, building in public and many other aspects of life as a founder. 🎙️ Lenny's Podcast - more enterprise and PM oriented, @lennysan interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts. One of the best for PM and growth thinking.

@pranavclickks @HeyGen @veedstudio We use safe zones and face detection to make sure they are perfect every time. Still, this does seem very cool.

@HeyGen This is what we call full control! Take some notes @veedstudio your API doesn't even let people preview the placement and adjust post generation Local Background removal is insaneee!

“Smart Captions” - the most expensive but basic feature in video apps So we open sourced 17 captions in HyperFrames Free. Fully customizable. One command to install. $ npx hyperframes add captions Plus local background removal — free, studio-grade Make your content POP!

@OfficialLoganK Really amazing work! Would love to get on the API list Logan

Introducing Gemini Omni 🔮........ Omni is our new model that can create anything from any input — starting with video (think Nano Banana but for video). Available in the Gemini App, Flow, and YouTube, with API support coming soon!

@MarcusMilione Would love to be added to the re-release!

Going through some clearly botted orders and canceling them Will have pairs to re-release at some point in the future Gotta comb through all of these orders

Congrats Yasser on hitting $10M ARR 🎉 Recorded a podcast with him on how he did it. Watch here 👉 shorturl.at/N03Ix

The model is the product

Life's too short to manually add subtitles. VEED's Subtitle API is now in Figma Weave. → Auto-transcription → Custom styles → 125+ languages See the full workflow: figma.bot/43hyEeK @veedstudio

@arcads_ai @veedstudio Looks great!

Arcads videos got a style upgrade 😍 Add beautiful captions to your AI Videos in one tap Happy to partner with @veedstudio on this one!

@GimiApp @veedstudio LOVE!

Subtitles are now live on GIMI thanks to @veedstudio ⚡ Brands can now add clean, on-brand subtitles across community content at scale, seamlessly baked into the creator workflow via VEED’s API. Want to try it? Join our partnership challenge.👇 app.gimi.co/en/campaigns/w…

I have a confession to make... I accidentally built world's best subtitle API. Free @fal API credits for first 350 users who RT + comment "sub".

Some amazing people / companies we talked about: At 00:04:07 – @figma At 00:07:03 – @Spotify, @Tinder, @Bumble At 00:11:12 – @Snapchat At 00:13:07 – @Squarespace At 00:17:28 – @Calendly At 00:24:13 – @joerogan At 00:24:13 – @StevenBartlett / @TheDiaryOfACEO At 00:25:26 – @AnthropicAI At 00:28:11 – @deel At 00:28:29 – @synthesiaIO At 00:30:23 – @StackOverflow At 00:30:48 – @Replit & @cursor_ai At 00:32:36 – @canva At 00:40:11 – @RiversidedotFM At 00:40:59 – @mixpanel At 00:44:15 – @ahrefs At 00:44:40 – @Lovable At 00:46:53 – @duolingo At 00:49:58 – @churnkey At 00:51:34 – @paramountplus At 00:55:32 – @Adobe At 00:57:03 – @Grammarly

We recorded the world’s LONGEST podcast on churn. Everything I learned building an 8-figure ARR company. Full 1 hour ep. 👉 bit.ly/churn-pod

@jessesibley_ Coming

@sab8a was hoping this was the VEED CLI

Big announcement drops next week...

Full episode here: youtu.be/0kbTdIpVH8E?si…

Meet @yasser_elsaid_ He left the big-tech path to build a company. Scaled @chatbase to $10M ARR: – in 3 years – no co-founder – 100% bootstrapped He shares the playbook on Napkin Math pod:

@BasiratAfroz1 Quality is unmatched Less transcription errors Better language coverage

@sab8a How is this any different from OpusClip, reap, Submagic or other tools?

We have a API for that Perfect subtitles, any video. Waitlist below 👇